Financial%20Management%20(FIN350)

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Financial Management (FIN350)
TIP If you do not understand something, ask
me!

• Administrative Issues and Course Overview

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The instructor

• My name is Donglin Li.
• Email donglinli2006_at_yahoo.com )
• Office hours Mon 3-5pm, (DTC580)
• Tu 12-2pm, Bus 315
• You can also email me questions.
• http//online.sfsu.edu/donglin/courses.html
• Research interests
• Corporate finance Agency cost, overinvestment
• Accounting Financial Statement Analysis, Market
  Anomalies
• Default Prediction Reg FD

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The class website

• I will put lecture slides, case hints, and sample
  tests on my web.
• You are welcome to drop me emails from the
  website, with or without your name.

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Add, drop and withdrawal policy

• The business school has the policy for add, drop
  and withdrawal
• In the first four weeks, you have to get enrolled
  in the class, if you want
• Students can withdraw only once
• Please read the syllabus for detailed information

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My expectation in this course

• I want everyone in the room to better understand
  finance
• to be familiar with key concepts / issues
• to feel more comfortable talking about finance
  and answering finance questions.

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My experience in this course

• students who come to class, listen, review the
  problems, and think a lot , typically do well.
• students who seldom show up in class usually
  perform poorly.

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Textbook

• Fundamentals of Financial Management, concise 5th
  Edition, by Thomson and Southwestern.
• This is a very popular textbook, which has been
  used in many programs for the intro course in
  finance.
• Maybe tougher than other textbooks.
• You will like it.

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Financial Calculators

• Texas Instruments BAII-Plus.
• HP 10B II.

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Prerequisites

• You are required to take (ACCT 101, ECON 101, DS
  110, 212 ISYS 263 or pass computer information
  systems proficiency test. )

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Homework

• Homework will not be graded. The solution will be
  posted on my web.
• Try to do the Self-test problems at the end of
  each chapter in the textbook.
• The best way to learn new concepts is to do a lot
  of problems.

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In-Class-Work

• There will be 4 in-class work assignments.
• The schedule of these in-class projects will not
  be announced in advance, so just come to the
  lectures.

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Three quizzes and final exam

• The quizzes are closed-book and closed notes.
  There are no make-ups.
• The tests are based on material covered in
  lectures, in-class-work, homework, and textbook.
  Mostly multiple choice questions.
• The in-class-work will be relevant for the
  quizzes The quizzes will be relevant for the
  final!

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Quizzes and Final

• Please bring your SFSU ID or a driver license to
  class, as well as scantrons.

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Grading

• Class performance
  10 points
• Quiz of lowest score 10
• The other two quizzes
  40
• Final exam
  40
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• Total
  100points

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The curve grade

• The grade that will appear on your transcript is
  based on the ranking of your total scores in
  class
• Top 15 of class A to A-
• Above 65 of class B to B-
• Above 30 of class C to C-
• Bottom 30 of class D to F
• The instructor reserves the right to make minor
  adjustment if necessary.

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Class performance

• Any attempt to seek undue favor from the
  instructor will negatively affect your class
  performance.
• The instructor cannot assign extra work to any
  individual to improve her/his grade.

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Academic integrity

• The instructor has zero tolerance for cheating or
  looking at each other during the exams
• In the exams, please sit as far as possible
  between each other.

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Communicate with the instructor

• Teaching Style Lectures and problem solving
• I APPRECIATE any constructive suggestions (in
  person or email) that would improve the course.